New report: Circulation is up at most U.S. newspapers, but it's skyrocketed at the 'Times' thanks to paid model- POLITICO Media Print A newsstand. New report: Circulation is up at most U.S. newspapers, but it's skyrocketed at the 'Times' thanks to paid model Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Digital subscriptions helped the U.S. newspaper industry bump up its overall circulation by .68 percent, and its Sunday circulation by 5 percent, for the six-month period that ended on March 31, 2012, according to the latest data from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, released this morning. The digital gains were most visible in the results of The New York Times, which saw its total average weekday circulation skyrocket more than 73 percent from March of 2011, when it started charging for unlimited access to its website and e-reader editions. Story Continued Below During the most recent A.B.C. reporting period, the Times had an average weekday print circulation of 779,731 and an average weekday digital circulation of 807,026, making it the third-most widely read weekday paper in the country.

The digital total includes both readers who have exclusively purchased digital subscriptions and print subscribers who also visit the website everyday. (Print subscriptions come with unlimited digital access; in other words, some people count twice.) The Times has said that as of March, a combined 454,000 people had purchased digital-only subscriptions to the Times and its sister brand, The International Herald Tribune. The Times, meanwhile, remains the country's most widely read Sunday paper. Sunday circulation shot up nearly 50 percent year-over-year to an average total of roughly 2.01 million. Times executives have previously cited Sunday home delivery increases as an ancillary benefit of the paper's nascent paid digital model, since a certain pool of former non-subscribers are now opting to buy the weekender edition because it also happens to be the most cost-effective route to unlimited digital access. During the six months accounted for in today's A.B.C. report, Sunday home delivery rose nearly 2 percent, according to the Times. "Our strong performance in the period is a tribute to the success of our digital subscription strategy," said Times president and general manager Scott Heekin-Canedy in a news release.

Today's results are the first in which year-over-year digital data is measurable; A.B.C. adjusted its rules to include digital circulation in 2010, making this the third such reporting period in 18-months. But the bureau, which is the leading auditor of newspaper and magazine audiences, cautioned reporters against "drawing too many direct comparisons of the data" due to the industry-wide shift in how "newspapers now distribute and market their content." One exception would be The Wall Street Journal, which has long had separate subscriptions for its digital content. The paper, which once again topped the list of the 25 U.S. newspapers with the highest combined print and digital circulation, saw a .02-percent increase in its average weekday circulation, bringing its grand total during the period to roughly 2.12 million, of which 552,288 were digital subs. The Journal, which does not have a Sunday edition, said its weekend circulation increased from last March by 2.53 percent to 1,526,096. A press release noted that the "expanded audience is met with increased commitments from advertisers: together, WSJ Weekend and WSJ.

Magazine have brought 180 new advertisers to the Journal franchise – nearly 40% of which have expanded their advertising to other platforms within the franchise." New York's tabloids also logged circulation gains. Average weekday circulation for the Daily News rose 9.17 percent to 579,636, though the paper slipped down a notch in the overall ranking to No. 5 on the list of top combined circulation, finishing (in order) behind The Journal, USA Today, The Times and The Los Angeles Times. Its Sunday circulation shot up a little more than 13 percent to 584,658. It also finished third in the industry in terms of digital circulation. The New York Post maintained its seventh-place position with a total average weekday circulation of 555,327 (up 6.21 percent); its total average Sunday circulation of 434,392 was up 22.1 percent from March of 2011.

In terms of print circulation, the Post was ahead of the News on weekdays 408,579 to 400,061, but the News kept up its long-held Sunday lead by a margin of 480,131 to 287,089. You can view the full A.B.C. results here . The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) - Online, Subscription, Customer Service | NewsPapers Club The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is an international daily newspaper published in English which completely focus on the business news. In circulation, WSJ is said to be the largest among all the other newspapers in the United States. History : During 1880s, Dow Jones & Company made the news bulletins all the day and handed over to the stock exchange traders. Later, the same news was printed in the name of Customers Afternoon Letter. The same was then turned into the present ‘The Wall Street Journal’ by Charles Dow, Edward Jones and Charles Bregstresser, which made its first publication on July 8th 1889. Now, the WSJ is under Dow Jones & company which is a News Corp division.

After 1940, this daily newspaper gained its prominence after Bernard Kilgore was appointed as the managing editor in 1941. He then became the CEO of the company in the year 1945 and served as the employee of the company for nearly 25 years. First Pulitzer Prize (an award for excellence in various categories like newspaper, literature, music and online journalism in the US) was won by the newspaper in 1947 for editorials of William Henry Grime. Editions : The Wall Street Journal has its popularity world-wide and the paper is available in the editions named U.S, Asia and Europe. The WSJ has won 39 Pulitzer prizes. The present editor in chief for the newspaper is Gerard Baker. Epaper and Internet Expansion : In the year 1996, WSJ has become online and it was then the highest paid-subscription news website . Later the cost was decreased due to fewer subscribers and then maintained accordingly. The digital version of the daily print edition is known to be the Epaper.

The digital subscription subscription fee for the WSJ is $272.91 + Tax annually and $12 + Tax for 12 weeks (introductory offer for new customers). The digital package includes Web access, tablet edition, ePaper and app for smartphone. Circulation : In the year 1902 the circulation was about 7,000 and by the end of 1920 it reached to 50,000. Bernard Kilgore made the circulation to cross 1 million in his career. As per the sources, for the year 2013, the WSJ had a circulation about 2.4 million copies which includes digital subscriptions of 900,000. Advertising : Advertising in the WSJ is the best choice for the international brands. There are various ad rates for publishing in newspaper, online, mobile, video, magazine and classifieds. For newspapers, advertising prices may differ based on various editions like Asia edition Europe edition, Global edition, central edition, western edition, eastern edition, national edition and regional advertising.

The complete information about rates and specs are available @ WSJ Media Kit These Are the Best English Newspapers in the World - OnlineCollegeCourses.com These Are the Best English Newspapers in the World December 17th, 2012 by Staff Writers Thanks to mobile web access, paper-based news and communication is becoming increasingly obsolete. Whether this makes you nostalgic or not, the truth is that mobile news is increases audience access to information and limits costs to publishers and our planet. If you haven’t already, now is an excellent time to begin familiarizing yourself with the best English newspapers and magazines available to view online“”take a look below at some of the greatest examples currently on the web. The 10 Best English Newspapers in the World TheNew York Times : Since 1851, TheNew York Times has grown to become the most circulated metropolitan newspaper in the country. And with over 30 million unique visitors a month, it’s also the most popular U.S. newspaper site in the world. TheNew York Times simply gets it right when it comes to providing world-class news and media content online. It’s no wonder that the organization remains one of the most-trusted sources for news and journalistic integrity worldwide.

Washington Post : Like The New York Times, TheWashington Post has been one of the United States premier daily newspapers since its founding in 1877. The WP achieved worldwide fame and recognition for its landmark successes in investigative journalism. The most famous of these may be the reporting by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the Nixon Watergate scandal in the early 1970s. Since TheWashington Post brought its content online, the newspaper has greatly expanded its readership and now stands as one of the world’s most visited online news sites. People from all over the country, from the state of Oregon all the way to Maine , read this publication. Chicago Tribune : Known at one time as the “World’s Greatest Newspaper,” the Chicago Tribune still remains one of the most widely-read daily news sources in the United States, from the West Coast to Connecticut , and then even down to New Mexico . Founded in 1847, the Chicago Tribune has often set the standard for political journalism. The CT’s only major journalistic fumble happened over 60 years ago when the publication mistakenly announced that Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey had defeated democratic candidate and future president, Harry S. Truman in 1948.

Today, the Chicago Tribune continues to rank among the most widely read and trusted newspapers on and offline. Houston Chronicle : As the largest daily newspaper in Texas and the ninth-largest in circulation in the United States, the Houston Chronicle and its staff of 300 journalists, editors and reporters is the first choice of millions of readers online for thorough and responsible news and commentary on national and international events. While the newspaper has seen its fair share of criticism since its founding in 1901, editors at the Houston Chronicle devoted themselves to redefining and disciplining the principles of their publication. Their efforts paid off. Currently, the Chronicle’s website is considered one of the best hubs for news online. The paper earned a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for its innovative use of web networks to connect and update readers during the siege of Hurricane Ike. San Francisco Chronicle : Founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young, the San Francisco Chronicle we know of today has since grown to become one of California’s largest and most trusted daily newspapers.

The SF Chronicle was brought to national and international prominence during the 1950s-1970s when columnist Herb Caen began his now-legendary reporting on the counter-culture “hippie” revolution sweeping San Francisco. Today, the SF Chronicle’s website, SFGate, stands as the city’s premier online source of news and information about all things San Francisco. Wall Street Journal : Beating out even The New York Times in circulation, TheWall Street Journal is the country’s most widely-distributed newspaper, with over 2.1 million copies in daily circulation. Founded in 1889 by Charles Dow, Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser, the WSJ of today needs no major introduction. It’s universally known that if news on financial markets and Wall Street is what you need, a subscription to the Journal is all but mandatory. And while it was a latecomer to the web edition movement, TheWall Street Journal online now boasts over 400,000 paid subscriptions and counting for its online news content alone. The Guardian : The United Kingdom also hosts some of the world’s most widely-read and respected (as well as some not-so-respected) daily news periodicals.

The Guardian was founded in 1851 as TheManchester Guardian, only to drop “Manchester” over 100 years later once the paper had achieved a robust national and international readership for its responsible journalism. Since then, The Guardian has grown to become one of the web’s top resources for daily news. With over 50 million unique visitors per month, the Guardian’s online readership is even larger than TheNew York Times. Financial Times : Founded in 1888, the Financial Times (also known as the FT) has risen to become one of the world’s leading resources for business and financial news. Despite the newspaper’s focus on domestic UK and international financial news, the FT is also highly popular among business and financial professionals throughout the United States. However, unlike TheWall Street Journal, which is still working to shift the bulk of its circulation from print to online, the Financial Times boasts over 600,000 paid online subscriptions, and over 4.2 million registered online users“”proving that this paper truly gets it when it comes to the future of circulated news content.

Times of India : Founded in 1835 during the period of British dominion over the country, the Times of India has since grown to become the largest-selling English newspaper in the world, with over 3.14 million copies in circulation as of 2008. While the tone of the newspaper can only be described as conservative, much of the news showcased online and in-print is considered to be the model of journalistic integrity, and can provide an interesting new perspective on world events. The Daily Mail : The Daily Mail may be a bona-fide tabloid, but it makes this list as one of the most widely visited news sites in the world. With nearly 80 million unique visitors every month, the British tabloid’s online traffic surpasses both The Guardian and even BBC News Online. Founded in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, The Daily Mail was originally marketed towards England’s newly-literate lower-middle class following the advent of mass education in the country. While we cannot vouch for the integrity and quality of the newspaper’s standard of reporting, with this many unique online visitors per month, The Daily Mail must be doing something right!

While these are our picks for the best English language newspapers both in-print and online, hundreds of global newspapers are introducing or expanding their web presences each year. With such rapid growth, the number of attention-worthy newspapers online will only multiply. So get exploring! Most-read newspapers in the world | MetaFilter Most-read newspapers in the world June 12, 2005 9:16 AM Subscribe The world's 100 largest newspapers by circulation Japan and China take 9 of the top 10 spots; Greece enters at #17, the United States at #19. Newspaperindex now also has the list broken down by continent . [An updated top 100 list has been posted here ] posted by mediareport (42 comments total) Er, make that 8 of the top 10 spots. England and Germany are in there, too. Take it with a grain of salt, given the difficulties and dishonesties that plague the circulation business, but still worth a look. posted by mediareport at 9:17 AM on June 12, 2005 Howay the daily ranger at number 90.

posted by bonaldi at 9:30 AM on June 12, 2005 *Obligatory comment questioning the relevancy of newspapers in the current environment.* posted by caddis at 9:57 AM on June 12, 2005 bonaldi - daily rhebel, surely? posted by the cuban at 10:11 AM on June 12, 2005 Disappointing that a cheap tabloid newspaper that caters for the unthinking masses is the UK's most popular paper. Probably says a lot more about our culture than people realise. Likewise with number 90 as it doesn't say much for Scotland.. Also expected the US to feature higher than 19 - any reason? Social commentary over and it's an interesting list. Thanks mediareport. posted by Nugget at 10:23 AM on June 12, 2005 "Also expected the US to feature higher than 19 - any reason?" americans don't (or can't) read? posted by muppetboy at 10:31 AM on June 12, 2005 Interesting.

My question is, what is the population of Japan and what percentage read the Yomiuri Shimbun? With a circulation 10 times that of the US' largest, I'm wondering if there's some monkey business going on here, or maybe my perception of the newsreaders of the world is just skewed. Cool though, thanks! posted by BlackLeotardFront at 10:42 AM on June 12, 2005 Also expected the US to feature higher than 19 - any reason? I think it is because the US doesn't really have popular national newspapers. posted by caddis at 10:51 AM on June 12, 2005 Hmm, actualy China had only two newpapers in the top ten, and japan had 5. I wonder if it's a cultural diffrence... but it could also be that newspapers are considered local news around here. posted by delmoi at 11:01 AM on June 12, 2005 Now this is interesting.... I guess (judging from the greek newspaper's circulation) this list represents the annual (?) circulation. Then, I think these numbers are disappointing.

Yes, I know, TV and Internet as well as the fact that people might be buying more that one newspaper.... I also wonder if Mr Hans Henrik Lichtenberg has sorted out how many of those first 100 newspapers are owned by the same person and who... posted by carmina at 11:18 AM on June 12, 2005 Considering that the Wall Street Journal is a business-oriented daily popular across the US, it's not too surprising that it's the leading US paper -- all the others are city-specific. USA Today likewise has a nationwide appeal, but I've never known of any individual who subscribes to it. Plenty of US hotels do, since its national market makes it a good "default" choice for business travelers. posted by alumshubby at 11:22 AM on June 12, 2005 I guess (judging from the greek newspaper's circulation) this list represents the annual (?) circulation. Then, I think these numbers are disappointing. I think these figures are daily circulation.

posted by the cuban at 11:30 AM on June 12, 2005 *Obligatory comment questioning the relevancy of newspapers in the current environment.* Obligatory reminder that the death of the newspaper was predicted with the advent of radio and television. The industry reacted well to both, changing its approach and eventually putting on sales. posted by MrMerlot at 11:31 AM on June 12, 2005 "I guess (judging from the greek newspaper's circulation) this list represents the annual (?) circulation." This is a daily circulation list. The figures for the UK papers, and especially those for the largest here in Scotland - The Daily Record - are about right for a daily readership. I'd guess it also depends on the competition in each country and region - Greece only has one entry so it's either popular or there's limited choice. posted by Nugget at 11:34 AM on June 12, 2005 err, this is odd. From Eleftherotypia's web site its mean daily circulation is 72,000.

Second largest greek newspaper (TaNea) 70,000. Third (Ethnos) 55,000. These estimates come from the Greek Newspaper Owners Union (I would guess pretty reliable) for year 2003 --not much yearly difference, I don't think. If you want check this . But it is in greek. posted by carmina at 11:47 AM on June 12, 2005 The numbers for the greek newspaper are annual numbers. This is in English. Hans Henrik needs to count again... posted by carmina at 12:03 PM on June 12, 2005 Also expected the US to feature higher than 19 - any reason? The US doesn't have any general-audience national newspapers. The WSJ is subject-specific, more or less, and all other major papers are locals (even though you can get the NYT and (IIRC) WP nationwide if you really want to). The closest you might get is USA Today, but I'd bet that a significant proportion of its "circulation" are the that appear outside hotel room doors every morning, as the hubby of alum notes.

posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:08 PM on June 12, 2005 There's also the problem of population numbers, Japanese and Chinese papers have a much larger population to subscribe (saying that most papers are regional), a better statistic would be a ration for circulation to population, in that case the United State and all other first world countries would probably be a lot higher. After all if 90% of a city subscribes to a paper in the US and 30% subscribe to one in China, the Chinese paper will still have a bigget circulation if their their population is 2 million, compared to 200,000 for a US city. Simple manipulation of statistics. Satyagraha posted by thebestsophist at 12:09 PM on June 12, 2005 The numbers for Japan seem inflated somehow -- unless for some reason people in Japan tend to read several newspapers a day.

posted by clevershark at 12:23 PM on June 12, 2005 I added up all the numbers for Japan and it comes out to a total circulation of 44,174,796 out of a country of 127,417,244 (via Wikipedia ) so it probably just seems inflated because there are so many of them. It's amazing how many people are in that country. Satyagraha posted by thebestsophist at 12:59 PM on June 12, 2005 Fascinating link. Surprised to see how low the New York Times and Washington Post are... seem to be level with the UK's Daily Telegraph and Times respectively. I get the impression those US papers had much bigger staffs though. It could be that profit margins are much higher without the UK newspaper market's tough competition. Of course, to some extent the Telegraph boosts its figures by giving away lots of free or near-free copies.

posted by TheophileEscargot at 1:10 PM on June 12, 2005 China had only two newpapers in the top ten, and japan had 5 No, Japan has 6 in the top 10. Many thanks to the folks who looked into the strange ranking of the Greek paper. Here's another page that lists Eleftherotypia's circ as 28,598 daily and 68,217 Sunday in the Athens area, which means Greece's spot on the list is even more strange than I first thought. I've posted a comment at Hans' site linking to this discussion; we'll see if he responds. USA Today likewise has a nationwide appeal, but I've never known of any individual who subscribes to it. Plenty of US hotels do, since its national market makes it a good "default" choice for business travelers. Actually, alumshubby, free papers given away to hotel guests has been a contentious issue for years in the circulation game.

Advertisers know that very few of those papers get read, but it's only recently that a few high-profile reports on the practice have forced some major newspapers to stop reporting hotel giveaways as part of normal "circulation." An article last month in the WSJ summarized the declining circ and deceptive practices : Daily circulation of American newspapers peaked in 1984 and had fallen nearly 13% to 55.2 million copies in 2003, according to the Newspaper Association of America... In the past year, some newspapers fabricated circulation figures. Hollinger International Inc.'s Chicago Sun-Times, Belo's Dallas Morning News and Tribune's Newsday have all acknowledged that they overstated circulation figures...And many other companies have come under scrutiny for bulking up their circulation with discounted copies that didn't attract high-quality readers. In the wake of these scandals, advertisers have been demanding accountability from publishers. "I want the quality readers proved to me," says Brenda White, who buys newspaper ads for clients of the media-buying agency Starcom, a unit of Paris-based Publicis Groupe. Now, many publishers are taking fewer shortcuts to boost circulation.

Chicago-based Tribune, for instance, is cutting back significantly on the number of discounted copies sold to places such as hotels, hospitals and schools. Scott Smith, president of Tribune's publishing unit, said this number will be down 10% from year-ago levels. Such readers -- who often pay nothing for the paper -- often aren't considered good quality and their actual numbers are impossible to validate. Good-quality readers tend to pay for the newspaper with the intention of reading it. At the Tribune-owned Orlando Sentinel, those types of daily sales jumped 53% in two years, to nearly 38,000 copies a day. But advertisers were unenthusiastic, so the newspaper pulled back. Take hotel copies, Mr. Smith says: "Are the people staying in those hotels actually going to shop with those advertisers?" The answer in many cases, he says, is no. In February, the Sentinel sent a letter to advertisers saying it was cutting many of the nearly 20,000 papers a day it sent to hotels. posted by mediareport at 2:07 PM on June 12, 2005 It could be that profit margins are much higher without the UK newspaper market's tough competition.

Bingo! The US newspaper market is actually a sea of local monopolies or oligopolies, which is why papers like the Boston Globe, the New York Times and the Washington Post can afford to be as staid and self-regarding as they traditionally have been: if people don't like it, what serious local alternatives are there? posted by Goedel at 2:11 PM on June 12, 2005 The fact that USA Today is ranked so much higher than the NY Times is interesting. Reading USA Today is like watching Headline News, performed by the Cartoon Network. posted by nervousfritz at 2:41 PM on June 12, 2005 Not just the Greek numbers are very odd. The Spanish numbers too. Only one Spanish newspaper (ABC) appears on the list, but according to other sources (and to my own experience) it is actually only the third-biggest general information newspaper in Spain (fourth if we also count the sports daily Marca), considerably behind El País and El Mundo.

Moreover, in that list ABC is credited with a daily circulation of some 766000, when in fact it's more like 266000 (no Spanish newspaper has ever had a circulation of anything like three-quarters of a million. Ever). The list is crap. posted by Skeptic at 2:53 PM on June 12, 2005 Crap, here are the other sources (in Spanish). posted by Skeptic at 2:55 PM on June 12, 2005 Er...may I ask where the Sunday papers are? There's no mention of this being only a weekly newspaper list, and yet no Sunday Times et al. posted by Duug at 3:29 PM on June 12, 2005 if people don't like it, what serious local alternatives are there? God aye. Just spent a week in chicago and it's shown me the real effects of the cut-throat competition on British journalism. The American papers were corpulent, slow and undisciplined. Boring, tedious headlines -- one splash head read "Base details to be known"!

-- stories all over the place, copy allowed to run for as long as it wanted, not for as long as the story deserved. The other side of that coin, of course, is that papers also have the freedom to try adventurous things without worrying too much about the market impact. Like the NY Times putting an beautiful (and highly saturated) Iraq picture on the front with no real hook, I was impressed by that. posted by bonaldi at 3:37 PM on June 12, 2005 Hans has posted a reply to my question; he noted that he'd seen the discussion here already and would look into it, and then wrote this: I am very confused right now. I am sure that I found the figures last week here . I looked at it again and now the greek newspaper is gone! There are lots of other changes to the list, too, it seems. I'm inclined to believe Hans; it was probably complaints from newspapers involved in the list that led to the edits. The new list includes USA Today at #9 and the WSJ at #20. Skeptic, you'll be relieved to know Spain doesn't make the list.

:) Japan still has 6 of the top 10, though. Thanks again to everyone who helped sort this out. I'll ask Matt and Jessamyn to add the updated list to the original post. posted by mediareport at 3:42 PM on June 12, 2005 You might want to note that my ex-husband (who hasn't lived in Japan in 38 years) still subscribes to the Asahi Shimbun. And I imagine he is not the only one. 42. New York Times (United States) 1,066,540 Hah! make that 1,066,541! I just started subscribing today. And what a pleasure it is. I grew up with the L. A. Times. From about age 14 to 42 I rarely missed an issue. Then I moved to Raleigh. The News & Observer is ok, but their "in-depth" reporting has all the depth of a kleenex. Often after I read a story, I am left with more questions then when I started. One sidetrack comment: It was interesting to compare the Wedding Announcements.

In Raleigh every single wedding announcement is marked by the picture of a twenty-something caucasian bride wearing a single strand of pearls, a long white veil and a designer bridal gown. One look at the page and you realize why so many MacMansions are being built in the triangle are. So how refreshing to see the NY Times wedding pages with all their brides in regular clothes with a groom even! And casual hair! And even non-caucasian types! posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:09 PM on June 12, 2005 The fact that USA Today is ranked so much higher than the NY Times is interesting. Not really -- USA today "sells" a million and a half copies in a market of 300,000,000 people (how many of those are actually bought by people intending to read them, I dunno). The NYT sells a million (million and a half on Sunday) in a market of 15 million people (call it 20 or 25 if you want to count the sorts of people who might be in the NYT's "market" outside of the NYC MSA).

By any reasonable standard, the NYT does a lot better. If you could measure readership somehow -- look at how much of each paper actually gets read, and how deeply -- you'd almost certainly find the NYT way on top there too. posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 4:29 PM on June 12, 2005 [added update link to FPP at poster's request] posted by jessamyn at 7:42 PM on June 12, 2005 and then, suddenly, the index (and the post, for that matter) became so much less interesting... so predictable... posted by carmina at 9:03 PM on June 12, 2005 Could this be that US cities have more local papers? How many Japanese cities have their own papers? Is the market more centralized? Cause every damn city in the US has a daily, an alt weekly, and a couple fringe papers. posted by NickDouglas at 9:37 PM on June 12, 2005 Thanks, jessamyn. Sorry, carmina, the truth hurts.

;) posted by mediareport at 10:30 PM on June 12, 2005 I don't find it predictable at all. I'm astonished the top papers are all Japanese, with Yomiuri Shimbun (14,246,000) and Asahi Shimbun (12,326,000) each having more than twice the circulation of the next highest (which is also Japanese); if you'd asked me "What's the paper with the highest circulation in the world?" I'd have guessed Renmin Ribao (People’s Daily) -- I mean, there are over a billion Chinese! But I guess literacy isn't as widespread as I thought, or people just aren't in the habit of reading newspapers. And the highest Chinese paper on the list is Canako Xiaoxi, which I've never heard of -- though by googling, I discover it's a typo for Cankao Xiaoxi (Reference News).

Hmm, and this page says: The party's newspapers Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) and Guangming Ribao (Enlightenment Daily), and the People's Liberation Army's Jiefangjun Bao (Liberation Army Daily) continued to have the largest circulation... Cankao Xiaoxi (Reference News), an official news organ that carried foreign news items in Chinese translation, was available to cadres and their families. In 1980 it enjoyed a circulation of 11 million, but, with the subsequent proliferation of other news sources, its circulation dropped to 4 million in 1985, causing the subscription policy to be changed to make it available to all Chinese. Either the new subscription policy has made a huge difference, or it's another accuracy problem. Great post! posted by languagehat at 6:56 AM on June 13, 2005 I can't believe (or, am disappointed, at least) that there isn't a Canadian paper in the list. I would have thought the Globe and Mail, with its national circulation, would have been close to 600,000.

posted by Elpoca at 8:05 AM on June 13, 2005 It was interesting to compare the Wedding Announcements. In Raleigh every single wedding announcement is marked by the picture of a twenty-something caucasian bride wearing a single strand of pearls, a long white veil and a designer bridal gown. One look at the page and you realize why so many MacMansions are being built in the triangle are. So how refreshing to see the NY Times wedding pages with all their brides in regular clothes with a groom even! And casual hair! And even non-caucasian types! It's telling that Dan Neil , winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for criticism, was fired by the N&O in 1997 (for pissing off an advertiser) and hired by the LA Times, where he won his Pulitzer. But the NY Times wedding page as anybody's model of egalitarianism is the funniest thing I've heard in a while. posted by IshmaelGraves at 8:19 AM on June 13, 2005 Some Canadian numbers... (Set your referrer to google for the full article...

stupid, I know, I didn't make the site) Here's the numbers, anyways: "The Herald" - 120,473 (Never read it / Can't get it) "The Globe" [and mail?] - M-F 314,940; Sa 395,516 (yay to dry intellectual stories) "The Free Press" - M-F 119,526; Su 115,547 (Can't get this one either) "National Post" - M-F 237,795; Sa 258,500 (If you like AP/Reuters stores you'll love this paper) "Toronto Star" - M-F 432,388; Sa 640,356; Su 434,359 (Like wine, it's best when you're older) "The Toronto Sun" - M-F 179,452; Sa 149,445; Su 309,264 (My favourite newspaper) So, the Toronto Star almost makes it on the list (it does on

 Saturday).

The rest, certainly not. posted by shepd at 10:27 AM on June 13, 2005 But the NY Times wedding page as anybody's model of egalitarianism is the funniest thing I've heard in a while. You have looked at it recently, right? You know they have gay couples and everything? It may not be the funkiest wedding page on the planet, but it's come many miles since the stuffy old days of a few years ago. Hell, there have been people I know there, and I assure you I don't know any of the Four Hundred. posted by languagehat at 11:10 AM on June 13, 2005 That's good! The Toronto Star is my favourite (Canadian) newspaper, and I don't even live in Toronto... But the Sun?? I didn't know that it was a newspaper. I thought it was just a collection of advertisements.... posted by Elpoca at 11:29 AM on June 13, 2005 Yes, mediareport, you read me right, truth hurts :-) But, I guess, I shot myself in the foot!

Anyway, I believe that it would be extremely (more, LH) revealing to see the relative readership to population, to percapita income, to number of newspapers per country, to foreign readership etc etc etc. posted by carmina at 5:43 PM on June 13, 2005 « Older My post-war dream comes true | Colin's a Fairy!

Newer » This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments Related Posts News Article Archive from January0 31, 2013 - Wsj.com WSJ Wine SEARCH <div> <div class="acHeadline hidden" > </div> <div class="dropdownContainerClass"> <div class="suggestionblock hidden" templateType="C1"> <ul role="listbox" class=""> <li role="menuitem" class="hdrSearchListName"> headline </li> <li role="menuitem" class="lineItem"> <a class="searchResult" href="javascript:void(0);"> <span class="searchTerm">gold</span>man </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="suggestionblock hidden" templateType="C3"> <ul role="listbox" class="hdrSearchListComp"> <li role="menuitem" class="hdrSearchListName"> Companies </li> <li role="menuitem" class="lineItem"> <a class="searchResult" href="javascript:void(0);"> <div class="searchListCompTicker"> <span class="searchTerm">GOLD</span> </div> <div

 class="searchListCompName"> Ran <span class="searchTerm">gold</span> Resources Ltd.

ADS </div> <div class="searchListCompMarkets"> U.S. </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="acFooter hidden"> <ul role="listbox" class="hdrSearchListSearch"> <li role="menuitem" class=""> <a class="footer" href="#">View All Search Results »</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="SearchSponsorBox" class="sponsorBox"></div> </div>

Question: The highest circulation newspaper in the USA, what New York-based paper is known as the WSJ?
Answer: WALL STREET JOURNAL